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Soft Robots: Electrically Driven Microengineered Bioinspired Soft Robots (Adv. Mater. 10/2018)
Author(s) -
Shin Su Ryon,
Migliori Bianca,
Miccoli Beatrice,
Li YiChen,
Mostafalu Pooria,
Seo Jungmok,
Mandla Serena,
Enrico Alessandro,
Antona Silvia,
Sabarish Ram,
Zheng Ting,
Pirrami Lorenzo,
Zhang Kaizhen,
Zhang Yu Shrike,
Wan Kaitak,
Demarchi Danilo,
Dokmeci Mehmet R.,
Khademhosseini Ali
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201870067
Subject(s) - microelectrode , materials science , robot , nanotechnology , soft robotics , biomedical engineering , microfluidics , biomimetics , microelectromechanical systems , electrode , computer science , engineering , chemistry , artificial intelligence
A bioinspired soft robot is designed by mimicking the shape and biomechanical model of a batoid fish, as described by Su Ryon Shin, Ali Khademhosseini, and co‐workers in article number 1704189 . The biomimetic structure is fabricated by self‐actuating cardiac muscles on a hierarchically structured hydrogel scaffold with flexible gold microelectrodes. The robot shows controllable actuating motion aligned with the direction of the contractile force of the cardiomyocytes by localized electrical stimulation via flexible microelectrodes.